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No. 254. —Petition of Mbiha Kebpa te Bangihiwinui (Major Kemp) (No. 2). Petitioner prays that legislation may be passed to enable a rehearing to bo made by the Native Land Court of the Eangiwaea Block. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make with reference to this petition. 22nd August, 1894,

[Translation.] No. 254. —Pitihana o Meiha Keepa te Eangihiwinui (Major Kemp) (No. 2). E iNoi ana te kai-pitihana kia mahia he Ture kia ahei ai te Kooti Whenua Maori ki te whakawa tuarua i Eangiwaea Poraka. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Kahore he kupu a te Komiti mo runga mo tenei pitihana. 22 Akuhata, 1894.

No. 311.—Petition of Manu, of Opotiki. Petitioner prays for legislation to enable a rehearing to be made of a succession order to land situate in the Parish of Waioeka, Whakatane, to which she alleges she is entitled as next-of-kin to one Mereana Whaiti, deceased. I am directed to report that the Committee is of opinion that this petition should be referred to the Government for further inquiry, in order to ascertain the relationship of the petitioner to the deceased, Mereana Whaiti. 28th August, 1894.

[Translation.] No. 311.—Pitihana a Manu, o Opotiki. E inoi ana te kai-pitihana kia mahia he Ture kia ahei ai te whakawa tuarua o tetahi ota whakatu kai-riiwhi mo te whenua i roto i te Parihi o Waioeka, Whakatane, c kiia nei c ia ko ia te tangata tika i runga i te mea ko ia te whanaunga tino tata o Mereana Whaiti, kua mate. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Kei te whakaaro te Komiti me tuku tenei pitihana kite Kawanatanga kia uiuia ano tona tikanga kia ata mohiotia ai te tata o te whanaungatanga o te kaipitihana ki a Mereana Whaiti, kua mate. 28 Akuhata, 1894.

No. 367.—Petition of Kipa te Whatanui, of Otaki (No. 2). Petitioner prays for compensation for losses sustained in connection with a piece of land known as Te Waka, being portion of the Ngakaroro Block No. 2, of which he alleges he has been wrongfully deprived by the action of the Native Land Court. I am directed to report that this Committee begs to repeat the recommendation made on a similar petition in 1891, viz.: " That the petitioner, through the action of the Native Land Court, has an undoubted grievance. The facts elicited are as follows, viz.: that on the 1st day of April, 1874, the Ngakaroro Block No. 2 was adjudicated on by the Native Land Court. The petitioner was admitted to be the owner of the portion of the block called Te Waka. He was led to believe that all he had to do was to get a survey made of the said portion and bring the matter again before the Native Land Court, when a title would be conferred on him. On the 22nd of April, 1874, the list of owners for the block was handed in for the purpose of being placed on the records of the Court; the name of Kipa te Whatanui was, however, omitted therefrom. Subsequently the matter was, more than once, brought before the Court by the petitioner, but, his name not being on the list of owners, his particular case could not be dealt with. All the official correspondence and memoranda on the subject admit the petitioner's case, and, in some instances, redress is promised. Taking these facts into consideration, the Committee is of opinion that the matter should be referred to the Government for inquiry and favourable consideration." 29th August, 1894.

[Translation.] No. 367. —Pitihana o Kipa te Whatanui, o Otaki (No. 2). E INoi ana te kai-pitihana kia utua atu tona ruihitanga mo runga mo te piihi whenua e mohiotia nei te ingoa ko Te Waka, he wahi no Ngakaroro Nama 2 Poraka, e ki ana hoki ia na te whakahaere a te Kooti Whenua Maori i kore atu ai taua piihi whenua i a ia. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Me whakahua ano e te Komiti nga kupu i whakapuakina e te Komiti mo runga mo tetahi pitihana penei ano te ahua i te tau 1891, ara : " Kahore i ruarua te whakaaro i tau ano tetahi mate ki runga ki te kai-pitihana i nga mahi a te Kooti Whenua Maori. Na ko nga take tenei. No te tahi o nga ra o Aperira, 1874, ka whakawakia te Ngakaroro Poraka Nama 2, e te Kooti AVhenua Maori i whakaaetia ano te tika o te take a te kai-pitihana ki te Waka. A i runga i tana i rongo ai heoi te mahi mana he whakahau kia ruritia taua wahi a ka mau inai ano i tana keehi ki te aroaro o te Kooti kei reira ka whakatuturutia tana take ki a ia. No te 2 o nga o Aperira, 1874, ka tukuna te rarangi ingoa o nga tangata whai take ki te Poraka kia tuhituhia ki roto ki nga pukapuka o te Kooti, heoi mahue ake te ingoa o Kipa te Whatanui. I muri iho he maha nga mauranga mai e te kai-pitihana i tana keehi ki te aroaro o te Kooti erangi kihai i whakahaerea e te Kooti no te mea kihai tona ingoa i uru ki te rarangi ingoa o nga tangata whai take. E whakatikaina ana te keehi a te kai-pitihana e nga pukapuka o nga tari, a kei etahi whakaaetia kia tukuna tetahi ora ki a ia. Akuanei i runga i te whiriwhiringa i enei take katoa e te Komiti e whakaaro ana ratou me tuku tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia uiuia nga tikanga me te at a whiriwhiri hoki e ratou i enei take." 29 Akuhata, 1894.